Factors related with different strategies to cope breast cancer in recent diagnosis patients

Abstract

Objetive: To identify factors relating to the strategies for coping with breast cancer recently diagnosed patients.
Methods: cross-sectional design, descriptive study of correlation among patients with breast cancer at the Clinica de Mama of the Hospital General Regional N°1 (HGR N°1) and Unidad Medica de Atencion Ambulatoria (UMAA), Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Queretaro, Mexico in 2011. 98 patients of all ages with this diagnosis were studied with a background of diagnosis of between six to twelve months. Sociodemographic variables were studied (age, schooling, occupation, marital status), type of family, type of treatment received, and capability for coping strategies by them with “Inventory of strategies of coping”,modified and adapted in Spain by Cano et al. (2007) and reproduced in Mexico by Nava et al.(2010). In all procedures were applied with ethical considerations. An analysis was carried out using descriptive statistics, Spearman´s Rho, Pearson´s r and X2.
Results: The predominant emotion upon hearing the diagnosis was fear (28,6%), the most coping strategy was problem solving. The related factors with the ability to cope were age, schooling, type of treatment received.
Conclusions: Type of family, treatment received, age and schooling are strongly related tocoping strategies among patients with recent diagnosed breast cancer.